Category: Pep Guardiola

• ‘We need more pace, more passes in a row,’ said City manager• Huddersfield set to announce new manager, Jan SeiwertPep Guardiola says his team must improve if they are to overhaul Liverpool at the top of the Premier League and fulfill the sky-high am…

• Former Manchester United manager points our rivals’ spending• ‘Pep made great decisions, great decisions that were supported’The former Manchester United manager José Mourinho has claimed Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp were afforded more luxuries tha…

• Manager says he still respects Leeds’s Marcelo Bielsa• Guardiola considering buying new left-back in summerPep Guardiola has said his Bayern Munich team were spied on but that he would never resort to such tactics in England, as the fallout from the …

Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Manchester City beat 10-man Wolves 3-0 on Monday to cut Liverpool’s title advantage to four points. Pep Guardiola said despite the win, his team’s movement in the final third could have been better after the…

• ‘I don’t have magician’s ball about how many points we need’• Nuno Espírito Santo has no complaints over Boly red cardPep Guardiola said he has no “magician’s ball” to tell him how many points Manchester City may need to defend their Premier League t…

• Guardiola: ‘There are many holding midfielders in the world’• Manager admits club ‘have a limit and cannot spend more’Pep Guardiola said Manchester City “are not going to pay £100m for a holding midfielder” such as Rúben Neves of Wolves or any other …

• 21-year-old striker said he wished family had stayed in UK• ‘We cannot substitute the mother,’ Pep Guardiola saysPep Guardiola said Manchester City are ready to help Gabriel Jesus if the striker finds life difficult now his family have returned to Br…

• Burton manager sees funny side of 9-0 defeat by Manchester City• Pep Guardiola: ‘It’s an honour to play against a Clough’Nigel Clough managed to retain his sense of humour after Burton’s 9-0 trouncing by stating he hoped Pep Guardiola had “more than …

Pep Guardiola has denied a claim that the grass on Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium pitch was left long to slow down Liverpool during his side’s 2-1 win last ThursdayPep Guardiola denies Manchester City left grass long to halt Liverpool Conti…

• Guardiola accused on Anfield Wrap podcast over Etihad pitch • ‘I never made a call to say do this to damage our opponents’Pep Guardiola has denied a claim that the grass on the Etihad Stadium pitch was left long to slow down Liverpool during Manchest…

Pep Guardiola revised his philosophy as the champions’ physical display secured a vital win to end Liverpool’s unbeaten runWhen Crystal Palace visit Anfield in a couple of weeks Roy Hodgson will doubtless be reminded of his pre-Christmas remark – a sli…

Manchester City closed the gap at the top to just four points after they squeezed past leaders Liverpool in a dramatic 2-1 win at the Etihad. Speaking after the game, the Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said that Vincent Kompany made ‘a really…

• Liverpool manager rails at lunging tackle on Mohamed Salah• Pep Guardiola ‘proud’ of Manchester City – ‘It was like a final’Jürgen Klopp was left in disbelief that Vincent Kompany was not sent off in the first half of Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat at Manche…

The manager’s previous title-winning teams have all been frontrunners – this time his side must come from behindIt’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or rather, it is if you take your lead from a chortling, bearded man who has spent most of the las…

• Liverpool manager returns praise to Pep Guardiola’s side• ‘They will be ready and we have to make sure that we are ready’Jürgen Klopp has said Manchester City remain the best team in the world despite the recent slump that has left them trailing Live…

• Manager says Liverpool are ‘best team in Europe’• City close gap to seven points before showdownPep Guardiola suggested Manchester City’s Premier League title defence would have been over if they had not beaten Southampton, while admitting it remains…

Few teams who win 5-1 can ever be said to have played badly but how good, really, were Jürgen Klopp’s side against Arsenal?There was a moment just before half-time on Saturday, with Liverpool 3-1 up, when Jürgen Klopp strode to the edge of the technica…

Untold money has been spent at the Etihad yet the squad remains reliant on an ageing midfielder with no deputyPep Guardiola’s failure to find a credible back-up for Fernandinho despite a £542.9m spend on players since taking over as Manchester City man…

Pep Guardiola’s side have fallen seven points behind league leaders Liverpool after the champions lost 2-1 away at Leicester City. Speaking after the game the Manchester City manager said the side need to ‘change the dynamic’ in order to improve. City …

• Liverpool’s Klopp: Six-point lead needed with big games ahead• Pochettino says Spurs now a target after climbing to secondPep Guardiola said he must “change the dynamic” in his team after Manchester City suffered their third defeat in four league mat…